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Labour Market Deregulation and Economic Performance: The Case of Britain's Docks

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  • Peter Turnbull

    (Cardiff Business School University of Wales CARDIFF CF1 3EU)

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Economic deregulation has been the principal labour market policy of the Thatcher Government during the 1980s. Unlike most workers, however, Britain's registered dockers appeared to be immune from this process until the Government suddenly announced the abolition of the National Dock Labour Scheme in April 1989. The Dock Work Bill which abolished the Scheme received Royal Assent on 3 July 1989 and the docks have since witnessed a transformation of industrial relations. As with other sectors of the economy, however, deregulation appears to have had only a short-term impact on productivity and may well impair the performance of Britain's port transport sector during the 1990s.

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  • Peter Turnbull, 1991. "Labour Market Deregulation and Economic Performance: The Case of Britain's Docks," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 5(1), pages 17-35, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:5:y:1991:i:1:p:17-35
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    1. de Langen, Peter W., 2006. "Chapter 20 Stakeholders, Conflicting Interests and Governance in Port Clusters," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(1), pages 457-477, January.
    2. Paul Smith & Gary Morton, 1993. "Union Exclusion and the Decollectivization of Industrial Relations in Contemporary Britain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 31(1), pages 97-114, March.
    3. Peter Turnbull & Syd Weston, 1993. "Co-operation or Control? Capital Restructuring and Labour Relations on the Docks," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 31(1), pages 115-134, March.

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